Thursday, August 13, 2015

Aug. 13 – On this day in Montana
history in 1920 eastern Montana was “a buzz” with talk of “aerial mail
service.” The Broadus Independent said “as a direct result of the activity of
the Chamber of Commerce” that Broadus had been designated a station on the
branch aerial mail route from Cheyenne, Wyo., all the way to Miles City. Air
mail was the e-mail of its day.